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Terri R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

question from Week 91 level A2 testIt notified me that you were my electricity provider. The correct answer was Elle m'informait que vous étiez mon fournisseur d'électricité. Is this in the imperfect tense because it is a continuing action (still my provider) or because it is in the past tense but with no specific time frame? Thank you for your help.

Asked 8 years ago

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Sush D.B1Kwiziq community member

personne and aucun(e)--transferable or notcan I not say personne n'est venu or aucun n'est venu

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why does the plural 'our heads' translate as the singular 'la tête' ?

In the example below, taken from the lesson, could you please explain why la tête is in the singular when translating 'our heads' which is in the plural.

Nous nous grattons la tête ... We're scratching our heads

Thank you

Asked 7 years ago

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Rant O.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

restaurantWould it be inappropriate to say 'ça y est' at a restaurant when they ask you if you have finished your meal? Or would that sound like you are saying it was difficult to finish, but I finally did it (perhaps being offensive)?

Asked 8 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

expressions with tout/tousTous les deux translates as "both" (all the two), and tous les nous as "all of us". Toute & toutes are the feminine forms of tout/tous, so if the nous are all females, should we say: toutes les nous? Cheryl

Asked 9 years ago

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Kim Y.A2Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Canterbury, en Anglaterre

Asked 10 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

minuit and et demie / et quart / moins le quart

The lesson says that one uses et demie / et quart / moins le quart in 1-12 o'clock. But how about minuit? Can I say "Il est minuit et demie / et quart / moins le quart" ?

Merci d'advance

Asked 6 years ago

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D. A.B2Kwiziq community member

Oops: the question is “Je suis contente. Non, je ne suis pas du tout contente.”

I wrote “Non, je ne suis pas contente du tout” and this answer was accepted as nearly correct. Why, what is the difference? I thought the two expressions are interchangeable.

thank you

Asked 7 years ago

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